Personally I have been reading through more of the Colvin Testimony, and I was interested in this one exchange between Colvin and Ujjal Dosangh.
Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh:Basically on the several occasions where Mr. Colvin had the opportunity to speak directly to the General who could have stopped the alleged "torture transfers" he was reluctant to do so because the General is "somewhat unpleasant to deal with". I prefer my Generals to be unpleasant to deal with, but if you are a Government official who suspects we are violating the Geneva Conventions, you have to say something to the man who can do something about it.
In terms of General Gauthier, you put him on the e-mail list. Did you ever talk to him personally?
Mr. Richard Colvin:
Yes, I talked to him quite a few times.
Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh:
You talked about the allegations of torture and about your concerns?
Mr. Richard Colvin:
No.
Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh:
Why not?
Mr. Richard Colvin:
He's quite a difficult guy, General Gauthier—somewhat unpleasant to deal with. He was a tough guy to talk to. I preferred to use the official channels rather than try to engage him, where he could simply just be rude for no particular reason. It was just a personal sort of way he had of dealing with people.
Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh:
Thank you.
For some of my past opinions on the Detainee issue, read this.
Must be a leftey law somewhere that no matter how important something is you do not have to talk to people that are "somewhat unpleasant to deal with." Typical buearacrat wimp.
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If Conservatives start up in 2010 with a majority in the Senate and reconfigured committees,
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It's time the authors of the pathetic 2005 agreement were asked why Afghan jails, when you knew there was torture, abuse and killings.
It will become crystal clear who the incompetents were.
So, time to call off the dogs, before Chretien Liberals get hurt.
Notice Iffy is pretty mum on the issue.
Lets start any inquiry with the decision to enter the Afghanistan conflict in late 2001.
ReplyDeleteWatch the Liberals run for cover if there is any mover to do an inquiry that covers the time before the CPC was elected.
Is it possible Kinsella is putting on the breaks because some Liberal higher ups suddenly realize that the LPC is more vulnerable on this file than originally believed?
ReplyDeleteWe are not violating the Geneva convention. It doesn't apply to these murderous thugs except in the minds of left wing lunatics.
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